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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1903
Page
6
The Daily Post averaged 172 808 copies daily in May 1903 and the Sun day Post 153 720. May ads surged in both editions with high yesterday of 154 209. The Post leads Boston as the city’s most popular newspaper.
The piece urges the Long Island Hospital poisoning case to be investigated by the Board of Aldermen and City Council after four patients were poisoned May 8, two died. It cites trustees’ clashes and calls for full publicity and removal of the responsible staff.
The sudden death of Harry Elkes at Charles River Park on Saturday highlights the dangers of professional bicycle racing. An accident caused by a machine part breaking hurled him into another bicycle, ending his life instantly. The piece questions racing track design and high powered motors, asking if such perilous elements should remain in speed contests.
Speed of riders has increased and a 14 horsepower locomotive on the same track as cyclists is a danger. Fatal accidents from these causes warn that bicycle speed contests are approaching freak stunt status and are not sport.
The piece analyzes Joseph Chamberlain and Lord Rosebery on a British colonial tariff league and a proposed imperial zollverein. It argues a customs union would raise living costs in Britain, hurt imports and U S trade, and questions whether the change would win public support amid a looming general election.
Vital notice warns of an eight day gap between chapters XIX and XX as Stealthy Steve recounts perilous Hong Kong and Manila exploits in a voyage aboard the Lobster. The tale omits grisly details while depicting a looming simoon and Captain Snifter’s alarm at sea.
The piece questions millionaire prosperity and the ethics of wealth. It cites Lombroso and Rev Dr Hillis arguing greed and devilish paths at high incomes, but counters that income growth reflects scale. It asserts character matters more than absolute wealth and notes rising incomes across generations.
Yesterday afternoon about 400 girls from St. Rose Catholic Church Chelsea performed a coronation ceremony for the blessed Virgin. They wore white and carried flowers as they circled the church and placed offerings. The church, enlarged and gilded, will hold over 6000. dedication is set for June 21.
Thomas Rolfe and James Burke were accidentally poisoned by drinking oil of peppermint. Burke died Sunday morning, leaving a widow and three children. Rolfe is expected to recover. friends say they believed the liquid was birch beer.
The Rev. James M. White of St. John's N F is visiting Boston and will give a talk on Newfoundland and its people at Saint Augustine's Hall South Boston next Wednesday evening. A concert will precede the lecture and he will discuss character building and the force of habit.
New England couple Jonathan Tillotson and his wife from Orange Vermont win the Post’s oldest couple chairs in a contest featuring more than 150 aging couples. The series, begun February 9, notes an average age near 180 years for each pair and ends with best wishes to all participants.
In Orange Vermont Jonathan Tillotson born October 1 1809 and Mary Currier Eastman born June 12 1809 live with their son George A in their old home. They married February 22 1840 and raised two children, Henry L who died at 12 and George A who cares for them. They are among the town’s oldest and healthiest residents with keen memories and strong intellects.
The column recalls Dr. Samuel A. Green ex mayor of Boston a theater patron and royal menagerie ticket holder. It notes monks in St Bernard shelters in Switzerland aiding climbers by telephone and a forthcoming European trip for stage director J. Hunt. It mentions the Servia Club banquet and Brookline fire department efficiency led by Chief George H. Johnson plus local social tales and a masquerade moonlight romance.
Hundreds of Chinese residents in Boston gathered at Harvard Street Baptist Church to support a new flag and the Po-Wong-Wee reform initiative. Speakers Leong Kai Chen and Ban Tee urged China to shed oppression, while a convention with out-of-town lodges was planned for the day.
At Christ Church Dorchester an annual mass meeting united Jewish and Christian ministers to discuss youth education. Speakers from Jewish, Episcopal, Universalist, Methodist and Unitarian groups highlighted collaboration, lay leadership, and the aim of guiding young people toward duty, truth, and American ideals.
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